Film Academy Adds Board Members as It Prepares to Pick a Leader

LOS ANGELES — Ten first-time governors joined the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as the group, which awards the Oscars, expanded its governing body to 48 members from 43, the academy said on Monday.

Eight governors were re-elected, another returned to the board after a hiatus, and the rest continued to serve their multiyear terms, the academy said.

Mark Johnson, a producer, rejoined the board after sitting out for a time.

The governors are expected in the next several weeks to elect a new president to replace Hawk Koch, a producer who left the board because of term limits. Speculation within the academy has centered on Cheryl Boone Isaacs, a marketing consultant, and Rob Friedman, a Lionsgate executive, as the most likely prospects to succeed Mr. Koch.